Best cannolis on Chicago's North Side?

March 10, 2006 10:10 AM

ChicagoFilter: Where can I get amazing, authentic cannolis in Chicago? Preferably North Side or el accessible.
posted by agregoli to Food & Drink (12 answers total)

Hmm, don't know if it's authentic, but I had a tasty cannoli at Calo, on Clark a few blocks north of Foster, in Andersonville. Everything I've ever eaten at that restaurant has been phenomenal.
posted by penchant at 10:21 AM on March 10, 2006

Pompei on Wellington and Sheffield (just off the Brown Line Wellington stop or 2 blocks south of the Red Line Belmon stop). YUM.
posted by ao4047 at 10:24 AM on March 10, 2006

Response by poster: Since I live in Andersonville, that's perfect. I have been there (long ago) but never had a cannoli or knew they had them.

Thanks for the tip, although I'm feeling a bit "duh!" now...

=)
posted by agregoli at 10:24 AM on March 10, 2006

I'm being a pedant, and you can beat me for it, but I just wanted to mention that "cannoli" is already plural (like ravioli or spaghetti), so you can just say "they have great cannoli", or "I'll take a dozen cannoli".
posted by Miko at 12:40 PM on March 10, 2006

Response by poster: I'm gathering up my beating implements right now. Grammar and spelling corrections are rather annoying.
posted by agregoli at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2006

What if you only want a single canole?
posted by Squid Voltaire at 1:58 PM on March 10, 2006

I'll accept the beating. I do some correcting, but I also appreciate being corrected. This one comes from growing up in a community with a lot of Italian-Americans who corrected me plenty on this one.
posted by Miko at 2:14 PM on March 10, 2006

Don't feel bad Miko. I used to confuse canolli with cannelloni.
posted by ao4047 at 2:52 PM on March 10, 2006

(canolli = cannoli)
posted by ao4047 at 2:53 PM on March 10, 2006

(canolli = cannoli)

Did anyone spell it "canolli"?
posted by Miko at 10:29 PM on March 10, 2006

(I did. I'm correcting myself)
posted by ao4047 at 11:56 PM on March 10, 2006

Don't confuse them with cannellini. You might suddenly find yourself inexplicably eating a delicious cassoulet.
posted by ikkyu2 at 8:59 PM on March 11, 2006